sprite
See also: Sprite
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Middle English sprite, spryt, spreyte, from Old French esprit (“spirit”), from Latin spiritus. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spright, and esprit.
(computer graphics): First used by Danny Hillis at Texas Instruments in the late 1970s.
(meteorology): An acronym for Stratospheric Perturbations Resulting from Intense Thunderstorm Electrification.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sprite (plural sprites)
- (mythology) Any of various supernatural beings, loosely defined:
- A spirit; a soul; a shade.
- 1803, William Blake, Auguries of Innocence:
- He who torments the chafer's sprite
Weaves a bower in endless night.
- An apparition; a ghost.
- An elf, fairy, or goblin; one with a small humanlike physical body.
- A spirit; a soul; a shade.
- (computer graphics) A two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene.
- (meteorology) A large electrical discharge that occurs high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm, which appears as a luminous red or orange flash.
- The green woodpecker, or yaffle (Picus viridis).
- (entomology) Any of various African damselflies of the genus Pseudagrion (of which, Australian species are named riverdamsels).
- A spayed female ferret.
- (obsolete) Alternative form of spright (“frame of mind, disposition”)
Synonyms edit
- (supernatural creature): See goblin (hostile)
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Translations edit
a spirit; a soul; a shade; also, an apparition
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an elf; a fairy; a goblin
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the green woodpecker, or yaffle — see green woodpecker
a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene
electrical discharges that occur high above the cumulonimbus cloud of an active thunderstorm
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Finnish edit
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈsprite/, [ˈs̠prit̪e̞]
- IPA(key): /ˈsprɑi̯tːi/, [ˈs̠prɑ̝i̯t̪ːi] (approximating English pronunciation; inflects like risti)
- Rhymes: -ite
- Syllabification(key): spri‧te
Noun edit
sprite
Declension edit
Inflection of sprite (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | sprite | spritet | ||
genitive | spriten | spritejen | ||
partitive | spriteä | spritejä | ||
illative | spriteen | spriteihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | sprite | spritet | ||
accusative | nom. | sprite | spritet | |
gen. | spriten | |||
genitive | spriten | spritejen spriteinrare | ||
partitive | spriteä | spritejä | ||
inessive | spritessä | spriteissä | ||
elative | spritestä | spriteistä | ||
illative | spriteen | spriteihin | ||
adessive | spritellä | spriteillä | ||
ablative | spriteltä | spriteiltä | ||
allative | spritelle | spriteille | ||
essive | spritenä | spriteinä | ||
translative | spriteksi | spriteiksi | ||
abessive | spritettä | spriteittä | ||
instructive | — | spritein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |